Introduction

MGoBrethren,

Happy Day to all. Beat State. Beat them to an indistinguishable pulp.

With that said, I thought I'd share with all of you still sober (or black out or anxious as hell for anything else Michigan before the game) some of the analysis I've been working on since the Purdue game. I set out to review the UFR in an attempt to see whether or not "Red Zone Offense" is a thing. I ended up compiling a massive chart of all the UFRs plus a couple extra data points collected from rewatching the games. The RZ analysis is coming. But in the meantime, I wanted to share my attempt to create 3 new QB score metrics to best compare Speight and O'Korn on a level playing field.

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The QB Score metrics:

I have divided passing plays into two main categories:

Standard passing downs (1st & >15, 2nd & >8, 3rd & >4)

Standard running downs (1st & <15, 2nd & 8-, 3rd & 4-)

Then, I am filtering each category based on whether the charted pass protection is negative or possitive/NA (i.e. screen plays).

Finally, I am excluding plays where WRs dropped a catchable ball (CA/DO as charted in the UFR), or where the pass rush resulted in a charted PR.